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Bronze raptor ornament Bronze dragon-shaped ornament
Height 43.3 (17) Height 40 (15 A)
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Late Shang Period (?) (c. 1300-1100 BCE?) Late Shang Period (?) (c. 1300-1100 BCE?)
From Pit 2 at Sanxingdui, Guanghan, From Pit i at Sanxingdui, Guanghan,
Sichuan Province Sichuan Province
Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, Sichuan Province Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, Sichuan Province

These objects were recovered singly from the two
Sanxingdui pits. Each must originally have served
as a covering or finial of some kind in combination
with pieces, perhaps including perishable materi-
als, that either were not deposited in the pits or
did not survive burial. It remains uncertain which

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